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    Add functionality to read XML body from files in File - XML datasource

    We have multiple collections of XML files that are all of the same XML schema. These files are accesed through the File - XML datasource. Currently, processing XML files from this source requires that a transformation is defined on each file. That...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Unlikely to implement

    Support for Kafka adapter in TDV

    We would like you to add support for a Kafka adapter in TDV to make it possible to access live Kafka data, in avro format, as a datasource. We currently have mulitple Kafka streams storing data in avro format and such an adapter would enable us ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Future Consideration

    Set timezone for automation jobs in logs

    When you look at the running and finished automation jobs the time they ran / are running is shown as UTC, if you hover over the number it shows the offset to your local time. There should be an option to enable a custom timezone or your local tim...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 1 Likely to implement

    Spotfire Matlab service

    We use data functions written in Matlab. I would like these to be run through a "Spotfire Service for Matlab" just in the same way as the "Spotfire Service for Python" that already exists.
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Support LoadBalancer to get server trust for NodeManagers

    We are building our new Spotfire environment in AWS Cloud. We would like to introduce Autoscaling into Spotfire so we can replace our Spotfire Servers and Nodes on the fly as needed. You can easily deploy new Nodes via the autotrust feature but yo...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 2 Future Consideration

    Export Map Components only (Polygons,Markers,Vectors,Labels etc...)

    Today when we export a map, we also export the default white background that goes with it. As a result, maps can only be nicely incorporated easily in some presentations when white isn't an issue. Having the possibility to export only the map comp...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Export / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Python notebook support

    Hi Team It will be really useful to add IDE support to spotfire. It will greatly increase usability of python within spotfire.
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Future Consideration

    Make it possible to export data to Google Drive from the Spotfire web client and installed client.

    We would like the possibility to export data in CSV and/or Google sheet format from the Spotfire web and installed clients.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Export 4 Future Consideration

    PI Connector to Spotfire

    PI Connector to Spotfire is not very useful. It hangs when a larger data set is selected and the connector does not allow for multiple queries at the same time. The PI connector needs to be more like the one that is on the Spotfire Streaming platform
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Planning to implement

    add API to get/set canvas styling/theme

    Please add API to get/set canvas styling/theme. One of our customers wants to change is via IronPython for consumer users.
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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